4x4 Magazine Australia

TOYOTA threw up a couple of surprises with its 2024 LandCruiser announcements back at the start of August and while we were expecting the unveiling of the 250 Series Cruiser/Prado, the revised 70 Series line-up wasn’t expected. We know Toyota had bee

THE prices of 1VD-poweredToyota LandCruisers just spiked as Toyota announced the 2024 LandCruiser 70 Series range will be powered by the 1GD 2.8-litre four-cylinder diesel engine backed by an automatic transmission, but the good news is that theV8 re

IT’S no secret that Toyota is bringing its Tundra full-size pickup truck to Australia. It has 300 of them undergoing engineering and development testing here in collaboration with Walkinshaw Automotive which will be doing the left- to right-hand driv

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THE Chevrolet Silverado full size pickup has been coming into Australia via GMSV for a couple of years now and while not matching the sales of the RAM 1500 with its more extensive model range, its sales have been ticking along solidly. For 2023 the S

A key component of any touring 4x4 build is a suspension upgrade. Some might ask why this is necessary when the OEM engineers have spent countless man-hours and millions of dollars developing the suspension for the vehicle, so why would you ever need

IT’S been just a few weeks since the reveal of what will be the first all-new Toyota Prado in nearly 25 years, with photos and information on the 2024 LandCruiser Prado. The expected wide range of reactions has followed, from those decrying the death

THE term masterpiece is hardly new. In fact it’s something that has been coveted since the Middle Ages. Something apprentices and journeymen aspire to create in all realms of craftsmanship and artistry. Under the old guild system, young men and women

THE distant thunder rolled on as I found a flat site high on the southern bank of the Roper River; the bush campsite within earshot of the fresh rainwater, now gently flooding the old causeway. Overland explorers have been crossing the river at this

Adavale is located in a remote section of outback Queensland around 96km north of Quilpie, with only 23km of that unsealed, and 187km west of Charleville, along a gravel road that is well maintained. Be warned – while there are ice cold beers to be f

WE are pretty lucky in Australia with so many ‘big things’, whether they be man-made or natural, so while on tour in our biggest state I thought I’d check out one of the biggest natural wonders in the world: Mount Augustus. After fueling up, restocki

WE had left the tiny outpost of Rawlinna, Western Australia in the mid-afternoon a little later than expected as one of the vehicles had developed alternator trouble. While Rob had stripped said alternator in an effort to fix it, it was to no avail,

I HAVE been sleeping in a wide variety of swags for so long, it’s hard to remember when I first caught my slumber in a bed roll protected by canvas. Since then, swags have been improved and upgraded, and I’ve long-since graduated to a dome-shaped, te

It is the 1KT-ZE 3.0-litre turbo-diesel. The modifications I have added since ownership include a steel bar; XTM spotlights; Kingone winch; Uniden UHF; 31-inch Hankook MT2 tyres; straight-through exhaust; single rear drawer with a fridge slide; 60-li

0 1 0 9 5 5 9 KM DATE ACQUIRED: JULY 2023 PRICE: $45,990 AV FUEL: 11.2L/100KM FOLLOWING on from the Australian launch of Mahindra’s fifth-generation Scorpio 4x4 wagon, and having also sampled it in India, we were keen to put some more kilometres on o

ARB has released a new Portable High Output Single Air Compressor that features a hard anodised cylinder bore for reduced friction and Teflon-impregnated carbon-fibre piston seal for maximum trouble-free life. Supplied in a weatherproof and impact re

What?! Why 23 years ago? Well, Ron headed off to Africa the other day having supplied copy for the November issue instead of October, and Deano couldn’t find an October 1993 issue in his files, so October 2000 will have to suffice. News in this issue

> BEACHPORT, SA HARRY Kannegieter’s first major four-wheel drive trip as part of the Wattle Rangers 4WD Club didn’t exactly go as planned, with his 1998 80 Series Cruiser – five-speed manual, 4.2 1HZ diesel and two-inch lift – getting hung up on a sa